By Rathindra Kuruwita in The Island, Sept 7, 2023Former President and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) leader Maithripala Sirisena, yesterday (06), said that threats to political leaders often came from their closest allies. Sirisena said so at the SLFP HQ in response to a question from a journalist on the decision to expel Dayasiri Jayasekera from the SLFP. Asked why he had removed one of his closest allies from the SLFP, Sirisena said, “These things…
Posts tagged as “Dayasiri”
by Lahiru Doloswala in The Daily Morning, Sept 6, 2023Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), has been rocked by a major split, with General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara being removed from his position and his membership suspended. This move comes after Jayasekara recently revealed that elements within the party are attempting to remove him from his position. During the Party conference held in Colombo last Sunday (3), Jayasekara indicated that there is an ideological divide within the…